2019 Directed by Joe Talbot
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
Jimmie Fails Jonathan Majors Tichina Arnold Rob Morgan Mike Epps Finn Wittrock Danny Glover Isiain Lalime Jamal Trulove Jordan Gomes Maximilienne Ewalt Jello Biafra San Quinn Daewon Song Andy Roy Willie Hen Thora Birch Tonya Glanz Sergio Gonzalez Wynner Gonzalez Mari Kearney Cassie Hendry John Ozuna Michael J. Gwynn Michael Andrew Reed Leah Shesky Dakecia Chappell Michael O'Brien Johnny Walkr Jr.
Brad Pitt Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner Sarah Esberg Khaliah Neal Kimberly Parker Joe Talbot Christina Oh
Последний черный в Сан-Франциско, Ostatni Czarny w San Francisco
Wow. Honestly not sure what to say about this movie, past calling it beautiful, inside and out. I kinda can't believe it's a debut feature. Another great film in a series of great recent films about the gentrification of the Bay Area and conflicts of race and masculinity that come with the desire to push back against it.
Took me a bit to warm up to this and just how different it is. Truly a breath of fresh air both in it’s story and filmmaking. It’s very dense and there’s a lot that happened so I might have to revisit this the next time I get the chance but man. Great performances, great ending, and the music.....god DAMN.
he was a sk8er boy he said fuck society dis huge ass house is mine and my totally platonic best friends', boys
“you don’t get to hate it unless you love it”
stylistically new but also so familiar, like a long forgotten classic lost in the pages of history. every shot is a breath of fresh air, it almost feels like the first real film i’ve seen all year. i’m stunned
Beautiful, funny and very different... has a real signature. Can't wait to see what Joe Talbot does next. Not sure I love the script but I enjoyed the ride. Perhaps I felt the SF love was poured on a bit thick but it is a love letter to the city so it's appropriate.
Beautiful score by Emile Mosseri
and props to casting director Julia Kim (Starlet) for a very dynamic cast.
Watched at Arclight Hollywood
San Francisco has always been a city with a short memory. The fog rolls over the hills during the late afternoon, wiping the slate clean as it sweeps over the bay. The Earth shakes every so often, dislodging anything that got too comfortable where it was. The Japanese used to be the most visible immigrant population until the U.S. government decided to forcibly relocate them to internment camps that were scattered across the western seaboard. “Vertigo” is set there, because no American city is more attuned to the fear of rotational moment. So is Philip Kaufman’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a horror movie about a health inspector who slowly discovers that he’s being surrounded by alien duplicates. Today, the…
as i left the theater the usher asked me how it was and i hope my response of good paired with my bloodshot eyes from crying didn’t send the wrong message
“People aren’t one thing.”
There’s a film that comes along every once in a great long while that just makes you rethink everything, not the least of which being your perspective on life and your perspective on film. After I finished watching the credits, I just sat with my mouth agape. Joe Talbot, Jimmie Fails, and Jonathan Majors, along with everyone else who worked on this masterpiece, have crafted what is easily one of the best films I’ve ever seen.
This was my most anticipated film of 2019, and I’m happy to report that it’s easily the most impactful one I’ve experienced in years. Every frame, every sound, every line of dialogue feels more authentic than almost anything I’ve seen…
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A film with a staggering first half and a deflating, jumbled coda. So many ideas and so little exploration or nuance to unpacking them. Much of what makes the film great - a play in progress, the physical and spatial reconfiguration brought on by gentrification - doesn't allow for the other details and subplots to flourish. What remains, then, is an involving and gentle story of friendship and memory's affect, lingering along the shoreline. Solid film.
